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Definitions for Demotic
[1] of or relating to the ordinary, everyday, current form of a language; vernacular: a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms.
[2] of or relating to the common people; popular.
[3] of, relating to, or noting the simplified form of hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt between 700 b.c. and a.d. 500.
[4] demotic script.
[5] (initial capital letter ) Also called Romaic. the Modern Greek vernacular (distinguished from Katharevusa).
[6] of or relating to the common people; popular
[7] of or relating to a simplified form of hieroglyphics used in ancient Egypt by the ordinary literate class outside the priesthood Compare hieratic
[8] the demotic script of ancient Egypt
[9] the spoken form of Modern Greek, now increasingly used in literature Compare Katharevusa
[10] denoting or relating to this
Words related to Demotic
conversational, vernacular, chatty, common, dialectal, everyday, idiomatic, popular, street, jive
Words nearby Demotic
demos, demoscene, demosthenes, demote, demothball, demotic, demount, dempsey, dempster, demucosation, demulcent
Origin of Demotic
1815–25; < Greek dēmotikós popular, plebeian, equivalent to dēmót(ēs ) a plebeian (derivative of dêmos; see demo-) + -ikos -ic
Word origin for Demotic
C19: from Greek dēmotikos of the people, from dēmotēs a man of the people, commoner; see demos
Synonyms for Demotic
conversational, vernacular, chatty, common, dialectal, everyday, idiomatic, jive, popular, street